The propery includes a front lawn and a detached garage. The house itself is two stories tall.[1] There is also a backyard.[2] Freckle and Nina's bedrooms and a bathroom are located on the second floor of the house.[3] The first floor includes a kitchen and at least one other room.[4]

Tracy based the design of the McMurray House on her own home, built in approximately 1910.[1]

In "Breakdown", Rocky tells Ivy that while his mother was "chasing red death" and Ransom was working on the railroad, the McMurray House was often a better home to him than his own home. Rocky caused a few issues though, and ultimately accepted responsibility for a larger problem, causing him to be kicked out, in part so that Freckle could attend school with fewer distractions.